Whats the difference between contract programming and outsourcing?
These two terms are often confused, but they are not the same at all. Contracting is when a company (customer) purchases services from another company (supplier). In this situation, the customer “owns” and controls the process. In other words, the customer tells the supplier exactly what it wants and how it wants the supplier to perform those services. The supplier cannot vary from the customer’s instructions in any way. The customer can replace the supplier quite easily by canceling the contract. In outsourcing, the customer turns over the control (“ownership”) of the process to the supplier. The customer tells the supplier what results it wants the supplier to achieve, but the supplier decides how to accomplish those results. In outsourcing, the supplier has expertise in a certain process (such as programming or WEB-development, etc.), and it has economies of scale. If the customer were to dictate to the supplier how to do the job (as happens in contracting), the customer would be de
